# Post your age...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 7, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036 "2000-11-07T00:41:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 5

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**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/81 "2000-11-07T10:57:50Z")

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“I am a very foolish fond old man,  
Fourscore and upward,  
not an hour more or less;  
And, to deal plainly,  
I fear I am not in my perfect mind.”  
–King Lear, Act 4, Scene vii

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**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/82 "2000-11-07T11:47:42Z")

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I am 8,637 years old. It’s great being immortal :D.

Oh, you mean for real? I’m actually 83,000,000,003 years old.

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/83 "2000-11-07T12:03:48Z")

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46 till January  
nary a gray hair, but more wrinkles and stretchmarks than I care to admit…  
and sufficiently immature to feel perfectly comfortable here.

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**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/84 "2000-11-07T12:05:33Z")

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17 til the 5th of January

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**Author:** ![flikker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@flikker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flikker)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/85 "2000-11-07T12:37:18Z")

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18

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**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/86 "2000-11-07T13:07:10Z")

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only 26 in hex, 38 for those with only 10 fingers. And still wearing the same size jeans as when I was 22!

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/87 "2000-11-07T13:11:06Z")

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45 till next Xmas. I look about 35 at most. Nobody believes me when I tell them.

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**Author:** ![horowitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@horowitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horowitz)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/88 "2000-11-07T13:19:55Z")

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**Author:** ![Lemming](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ccd318/32.png) [@Lemming](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemming)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/89 "2000-11-07T13:32:43Z")

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18

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**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/90 "2000-11-07T13:40:27Z")

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In the spirit of Election Day, I provide you with factual numbers that you can use to influence the statistics. You could say I’m 26, or 38, or 46 and be right all three times. 😃

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**Author:** ![Mauvaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mauvaise/32/11084_2.png) [@Mauvaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauvaise)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/91 "2000-11-07T13:44:16Z")

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My last birthday was the 5th anniversary of my 25th year.

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**Author:** ![Cumber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5ac83/32.png) [@Cumber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cumber)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/92 "2000-11-07T13:46:12Z")

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17 till the 28th of Jan.

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**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/93 "2000-11-07T14:08:21Z")

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13 days shy of 40.  
Mrs. D is threatening to trade me in for two 20 year olds.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/94 "2000-11-07T14:10:33Z")

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44

I, too, am halfway through brachyrhynchos’ life, and I don’t like it much.

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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/95 "2000-11-07T14:18:52Z")

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41 til the 26th.

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**Author:** ![Bubble\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c0e974/32.png) [@Bubble\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bubble_Girl)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/96 "2000-11-07T14:25:55Z")

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I just turned 30 a couple of months ago.

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**Author:** ![rundogrun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@rundogrun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rundogrun)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/97 "2000-11-07T14:28:47Z")

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252 in human years.

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**Author:** ![Sunglasses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Sunglasses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunglasses)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/98 "2000-11-07T14:31:20Z")

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Forty

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**Author:** ![JimmyNipples](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@JimmyNipples](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimmyNipples)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/99 "2000-11-07T14:34:15Z")

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I’m 36 until December 26. Then I’ll be 22. My Mom says I’ll be 22…so I’ll be 22…Okay? Problem with that? You havin’ a crisis?

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**Author:** ![Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Tommy\_the\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommy_the_Cat)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2000, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-your-age/40036/100 "2000-11-07T14:39:57Z")

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1. Be 30 on Christmas.

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